Princess Avery

For the last several weeks Avery has been really into her dress-up clothes. She loves the sparkly tiaras, fancy dresses, high heels, wands, etc. So every day she gets dressed-up at least once, in some variation of her accessories, and prances around the house, fancying herself a princess or a fairy. She will even announce herself with a trumpet sound that she makes through her cheerleading megaphone and then will call out "Princess Avery!" She told me that she wants a trumpet...but I can only imagine the joyful sounds that would provide in our house.

When her friend Em comes over to play it is for certain that they will spend the whole time decked out. Avery is really good about taking turns and sharing the favorite items (a certain pair of shoes, the butterfly wings).

Another favorite ensemble is the pirate hat that my mom bought her while we were in Utah and her foam pirate sword. Al dresses up as a pirate too (ties a t-shirt on his head) and he and Avery take a ride on the pirate ship (our bed) and watch out for whales. Yesterday Avery told the librarian that she was a pirate (she wasn't wearing her pirate get-up) and then followed through with a hearty, "AARGH!!" She also likes to break into "Yo-ho Yo-ho a pirate's life for me!"

I love the dress-up clothes and am excited to add on to them over the years. I think they are a great source of creativity and entertainment. Plus it makes Al do stuff like tie a t-shirt on his head.